The Day I Kissed An Older Man

Chapter 878
Jason moved closer to Corinne. “Help me get out of this arranged marriage in a way that won’t make both sides of the family
mad.”
Corinne frowned. She did not bother to conceal the disgust she felt. “You know you can just tell her you’re not interested, right?
Why waste everybody’s time by pretending to be a gentleman and bringing her here to shop for bags? It’s just going to make her
think you’re interested in her.”
Jason shrugged. “I did tell her that, but she insisted it doesn’t matter since we can slowly get to know each other and ‘who
knows, fall in love one day’. I’ve taken her out to lunch and to a movie...but I don’t know what else we can do. She didn’t want to
go home, so she dragged me out to this mall.
“Corinne, you’ve always been a smart one. Can you please come up with a way to get me out of this?” Corinne took a sip of her
coffee. She then looked up and down at the exasperated Jason, thinking, ‘Well, with that handsome face of his and wealthy
family background, any girl would be hard-pressed to let him go. His family must’ve chosen a girl who comes from the same
family background as him, so this doesn’t only concern them but everyone on both sides of the family. Hmm...this is going to be
tricky. One move, and his parents will come down hard on him.”
wrong
“I’ll give it a try,” said Corinne nonchalantly.
Jason grinned. “Oh, thank you! Thank you so much!”
The woman Jason was with came running back to him soon after. She must be worried about leaving him alone with Corinne.
She held up the latest bag while two beaming sales assistants followed behind.
“Jason, how do I look with this bag?”
Jason glanced at the bag and nodded smilingly. “It looks good on you.”
It sounded like a compliment on the surface, but the woman knew Jason was only paying her lip service. Her interest was not
actually in the bag but in Corinne.

She looked questioningly at her and asked, “Jason, what are you guys talking about? Who’s this lady? Why haven’t you
introduced her to me?”
Social norms dictated that Jason should have introduced the two women to each other, but if he did that, it would make it seem
like he placed a huge importance on the woman his parents were trying to set him up with. He was worried Corinne would get
the wrong idea, and that was why he did not introduce her to her.
‘Now that I think about it, I’m definitely overthinking the whole thing since Corinne has never shown any interest in my
business... he thought self-mockingly.
Smiling gracefully, he then introduced the two women to each other. “Oh, where are my manners? Here, let me introduce you
two. This is an old friend of mine, Corinne Carew. And this here is the daughter of my dad’s best friend, Lola Jefferson.”
‘The daughter of his dad’s best friend?’ Lola was not happy with how Jason introduced her. ‘Am I overthinking things, or is he
trying to keep a distance from me in front of Corinne?”
“So nice to meet you, Miss Corinne,” said Lola warmly. She decided to play nice since she still did not know who Corinne really
was.
“Likewise, Miss Lola,” Corinne replied with a smile.
Lola sat on the armrest beside Jason to stake her territory over him.
“Jason, how long have you known Miss Corinne? I know almost all the socialites in New Capital City, so
how come I’ve never seen her before? Who is her family?” she asked curiously.
It was obvious she was trying to gather intel to see whether Corinne was worthy of being her rival.